I was reading in the D&C today that the boy injured in a hit and run accident in Chili on Friday, was released from the hospital. Sarah Rapp, what a pillar of society, a real humanitarian. She is the driver involved in that hit and run on Ballantyne Rd. at Theron St. What kind of person drives off atfer hitting a child? How self centered can you be? What excuse could she possibly have? Was she intoxicated? Was she running from the law? I just don’t understand why she thought her life was more important than that child, that was lying in the road. There is no excuse for her behavior. I applaud the medical taxi drver that followed her home. I think he or she deserves to be commended. Most people wouldn’t want to get involved, or am I wrong about that? Would you have followed her? I would have stopped to help the child. Please tell me ,are we that far gone as a society? Where is the love?

Ballantyne Rd. is like a speed zone. Sometimes I forget that there is a pocket neighborhood there. We use to call that whole area , {Ballantyne and Archer and Paul Rd} ” The back roads”, when I was a kid. It is almost like once Jefferson Rd. turns into Ballantyne Rd. , the speed limit increases by 50 mph. Well..not really but I have been guilty of speeding through that area, until recently. A couple of weeks ago on a Friday night around five p.m. , my husband and I were driving down Ballantyne Rd. and a cat ran across the road. A car that was speeding on the other side of the road, hit the cat and kept on driving. It was traumatic for me. I am a cat lover. The cat literally died in my wonderful husbands arms. We pulled over and I stayed in the car with Reeese, while Rob went and took the cat out of the road and covered it. It had already passed. We went to some houses to ask if the kitty belonged to anyone, but we had no luck. When we went back to get the cat to bury it, the cat was gone. The man who owned the property where we set the cat, came out and threw the cat away. He just tossed it out. I was furious , but there was nothing I could do. I was upset about the whole thing. I was trying to comprehend how someone could kill a animal and just drive off. Silly me….

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Tim Davis

My family history in Wheatland dates back over a century. My wife, kids and I have lived here for 10 years. I'm a member of the Mumford Neighborhood Association, and I've run for Wheatland Town Council twice. My goal for this blog will be improving communication in our community and promoting all the great activities, organizations and businesses that we have in Wheatland. We're very fortunate in Wheatland to have some of the greatest hidden gems in all of Monroe County. If you have any ideas or suggestions for stories, please email me at davistr@hotmail.com.